I am sure this has been covered many times over... if there is an article or
three please let me know the url...
meanwhile:
I have read many times over how people REALLY seriously overload their towers -
stacks on R25, HUGE
arrays on R45... is it indeed that the designs are THAT conservative!?
I am in SE Arizona - near the city of Sierra Vista. I want to put up ~134' of
R45 - with a RTS rotor at ~37', an
RTS guy ring at 77' and 117' and the top of the tower (still R45) at about
134'. I was thinking of a stack of M2
4EL 20's (35' boom) at 118 and about 78'. But I love 75/80. Would this tower
handle a 2EL 80 meter beam at
the top (134')?
I was thinking of the Force12 280S (58' elements, 18' "T" bars and a 36' boom)
or maybe even the
280Magnum (76' elements, 26' T-bars and a 44' boom)...
[also - I have not tried to contact F12 - yet - I have however read they may be
in "trouble"? Calls going
unreturned, product not being delivered... I would not want to promote rumors
but are they still healthy?]
g.
K9RX
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